Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21186, Daniel Glezen, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Glesen, Daniel or Gleason
N. 21186.
Hannah
CONTENTS

8497
Vermont
Daniel Gleason
Gleason
of Rutland in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Moulton of the Regt; commanded by Col. Britton in the Mass. Militia for 12 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Ap. 1833 and sent to R. Temple Rutland
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 80.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " 20.00
$ 100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 8. Vol. 3. Page 11
Col. Jesse Gove 12 March 1835 notifying payment ordered let agent ordering pay same state

Vernon 894
- Hannah Gleason - widow of Daniel Gleason, in who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June '32 and who died on the 2 nd March 1835 of Rutland in the State of Vermont who was a P er in the Comp y commanded by Captain Moulton of the Reg t commanded by Benton in the Mass line for 11 mos 5-27
Inscribed on the Roll of Ben in force at the rate of 37 Dollars 21 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Nov r 38, and sent to and Sepu Goor, Rutland, Vt
Arrears to the 4 th of Sep r $ 93. 02 Semi-annual allowance ending 18. 60 $111. 62
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk Book A. Vol. 2 - Page 40
Sepu Goor, Oct. 4 th 1838 -
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th March 1836 to 10 Sep r 1838 the day of his death age notified 7 th March 1840

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 16 th 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The children of Hannah Gleason, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of thirty seven Dollars and twenty one Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1836 to the 10 th Sept. 1838, the day of her death.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson H. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

No 3416
Summons
   Period Duration of Service Rank Names of General and Field Officers     None Months   None   Yes   Genl. John R. Brooke   Genl. Leonard Wood   Genl. John C. Brooke   Genl. John R. Brooke  
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Genl. John R. Brooke
Q. You are the person designated as to form of representation; and if so, in what respect?  A. Yes, I am the person designated as to form of representation; and if so, in what respect?  Q. Is the statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, or testimony evidence?  A. Yes, I am the person designated as to form of representation; and if so, in what respect?
Genl. John R. Brooke
Genl. John R. Brooke
James Allison, Chairman, Genl.

BRIEF in the case of of Rutland
Daniel Gleason in the State of Vermont (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     May 1778 9 Private Capt. Montagu. Col. Poor   1782 vol 17-833 do Capt. Brimstone. Col. Hewes   2 mo. 5- Col. Malcolm   12 Br. M c Nall  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Eurhaborough, Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Correct
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Wilson Examining Clerk.

Hannah Geyer
Proof of Marriage
State of New Hampshire Charles County ss. I hereby certify that the within is a true copy of the original now on file in my office
Given under my hand and seal this 10th day of March 1840

I hereby certify that under the head of marriages in the church records of the first Congregational Society of Dublin in the state of New Hampshire, is the following record: "Daniel Gleason Hannah Rollins", which record is dated the twentieth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and eighty six: and I further certify, that the above are true extracts from the said record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures, as follows: "Dec. 20 1786."
Levi W. Leonard, Pastor of the First Congregational Church and Society in Dublin N.H.
I, Levi W. Leonard, above named, do depose & say that I hold the office of Pastor of the first Congregational church and Society in Dublin in the County of Cheshire and state of New Hampshire; and that the above is a true extract from the records of said church & Society, with the exception above named, as certified by me. Levi W. Leonard
State of New Hampshire } Cheshire ss }
Subscribed & sworn before me this 18 th day of August 1838.
Asa Newell Justice Peace

State of New-Hampshire } Cheshire County ss.
I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Justice for the County of Cheshire, certify, that Asa Heath was, on the eighteenth day of August, 1818, and still is, a Justice of the Peace in said County of Cheshire duly commissioned and sworn, and that his name subscribed to the within certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Superior Court at Keene this twentieth day of August A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
H. Coolidge Clerk

1186
Hannah Gleason moor of Daniel Vt
act 7 July 38
married in 1786
vol 17. p 83. 2 mo 5 d
admd
11 mo. 5 d
$37.21.
no deduction
Jeptha Gove Rutland Vt

State of Vermont } Rutland County }ss
On this 16 th day of August, 1838, personally appeared before the Hon. William Hall, Judge of the Probate Court of the District of Rutland in said County, Hannah Gleason, a resident of Clarendon in said District, aged seventy five years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Daniel Gleason, late of Clarendon aforesaid, deceased, who was a soldier in the Massachusetts Militia in the Army of the Revolutionary War, and was inscribed on the Pension Roll of the United States, on the 15 th day of April, 1833, at the rate of forty dollars per annum, under the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Gleason on the 20 th day of December, [1786] in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six; that her husband, the aforesaid Daniel Gleason died on the second day of March, 1835; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, as set forth in his own declaration and the accompanying proofs, now in the War Office of the United States, and to which she hereby refers for proof of his services, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
Hannah Gleason
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written: and I do hereby certify that, by reason of bodily infirmity, the above named applicant is unable to attend personally in said Probate Court; For which reason she has made her declaration as above before me at the place of her residence in said

Clarendon: and I do further certify that the said applicant is a person of credibility. Before me, WM Hall Judge
State of Vermont } Rutland County } ss
I, Henry B. Towler, Clerk of the Probate Court of the District of Rutland in said County, do hereby certify that the Hon. William Hall is Judge of the said Probate Court; and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, at Rutland in said District, this 16th day of August, 1838. —
Henry B. Towler,

STATE OF VERMONT, } RUTLAND COUNTY, ss. }
On this 10 th day of July A. D. 1832 personally appear- ed in open Court before the Judge of the Proate Court of Wittland Per now sitting, Daniel Glean a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 70 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In 1778 he resided at East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. In May of that year he enlisted into Capt. Matthew's company in Col. Poor's Regt. for eight months - he was immediately incontinentes for the small pox, & as soon as he got well, he joined his Regt. at White Plains - soon after which he marched to West Point & remained there on fatigue duty, leading to Fort Putnam, there the Regiment in camp. Following he marched to Kings Ferry, & worked on a small Fort there - having served nine months the Regt. was mustered about the 1 st of March, & he was discharged, he received no written discharge. In 1782 he served three months at Rhode Island under Capt. Benton, Col. New's Regt. near Newport, to guard the coast - he was discharged on the Island. He has no documentary evidence, & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services. He was born the 9 th of June 1762 at East Bridgewater, but has no record of his birth - since the Revolution he has resided at Dublin, N. Hampshire, where he was married - from thence after living there about 20 years, he moved to Wittland where he lived 7 or 8 years, & since that has lived in Clarendon where he now lives. Genl. Washington came to West Point 3 times whilst he was stationed there - Col. Malcom; & Col. Poor's Regt. were there at the time. He is known to Judge Hedges, Lindsey Rounds Esq. Willis Hodges Esq. Cable Hall, & most of the inhabitants in the East part of Clarendon, but there is no clergyman in his immediate neighbourhood.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid.
R. Royce Regt Daniel Gleason
We Leasey Round a Clergyman residing in Clarendon and Henry Hodges residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Daniel Gleason who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid.
R. Royce Regt Leasey Round Henry Hodges
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Henry Hodges who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Clarendon and that Leasey Round Esq who has also signed the same, is a resident in Clarendon and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20. 11
I Rodney C. Royce, Regt. Clerk of the Court of Pensions do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Gleason for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6 th day of Aug t A. D. 1832
R. Royce Regt

Dant. Gleason
Alameda
12 Mo.
N o 3416
Adm d
12 Mo. pri
40 $
Jan 1881

Rev WIDOW, &c. own
File No. 21186
Hannah Gleason Widow of Daniel Gleason Brn. Rev. Han
Act July 7 th 1838
Index: Vol. 18 , Page 277
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? It does II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? He did III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? He has V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? He has VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? He has VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? He has VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? They have IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? They have X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? It is & distinguishable

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Has not.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
There is
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
He knows of no one who can testify
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
They are
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
They are
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words :
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____ ; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

75. Mall
Cont-

Rutland 6. March 1835.
Sir:
I have just learned from his son, that Daniel Gleason who (by the printed Roll) was placed on the Pension List on the 15 th of April, 1833, as a private, at $40. W. annum, deceased on the 2 d of this month. He was sick for some time previous to his death, and unable to go out or relate his services. I am requested by his son, to make the same inquiry in his case, that I have done in the case of Peley Green.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully,
Sir
Your ott Serv t
Jeph Grover
To
Hon ble James L. Edwards Com te Pensions Washington

In ab Dec 4 1881
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington
76
FREE

Rutland V t . 28 November 1838
Sir
The Pension Certificate of M rs Hannah Gleason widow of Daniel Gleason, deceased, granting her $37, 21, is received. Adverting to the pension roll of this State, it appears, that M rs Gleason was originally inscribed, at $40, per annum. It further appears from the Commissioner's letter to Judge Slade of the Ho. of Reps. dated the 17 th of January, 1835, that all the pensioners in the County of Rutland (of whom M rs Gleason was one) were suspended, for further examination and new statements. And, it is known to the Department, that Daniel Gleason's pension, at 40 dollars pr. annum, was ordered to be continued to him, before the 4 th March, 1835. It is presumed, that the order was made, upon a full & careful reexamination of the proofs of his services.
I am requested, therefore respectfully to inquire, Why the widow may not be allowed, as the act of July 7. 1838, professes, the same amount per annum, that was twice allowed to her husband? M r Gleason died on the 2 d March, 1835; and his widow actually drew the arrears of his pension, up to that date, at the rate of 40 dollars per annum.
I am very respectfully Sir
Your ob dt . Servt. DeWitt Gove
James L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington

Rutland 3 Sept. 1838
Sir— I transmit herewith the declaration and proofs of Mrs Hannah Glean, for a pension under the act of July 7, 1835. Be pleased to communicate to,
Very respectfully your obed servt Oliver Gove 3
James L. Edwards Esq Clerk of Pensions Washington

I, Daniel Glezen of Rutland in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 49 years and upwards, being duly sworn according to law, do depose testify and say, that David Gleason, late of Clarendon in said County, deceased, who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty dollars per annum, under the act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832, was my father, and that he died at said Clarendon on the the second day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five. And I further depose, that M rs Hannah Glezen, now residing in said Clarendon was until the death of the said Daniel deceased his reputed lawful wife, and is my mother; and that the said Hannah hath not intermarried since the said decease of her said husband.
Daniel Glezen
State of Vermont } Rutland County } Be it known, that on the 17 th day of August, 1838, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Daniel Glezen who hath subscribed the preceding affidavit in my presence, and made solemn oath, that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth: and I further certify that the said affiant is well known to me, and that he is a person of undoubted truth and veracity.
F. W. Hopkins Justice Peace
State of Vermont } Rutland County } I, Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do hereby certify that Frederic W. Hopkins is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County; and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name at Rutland in said County the 28 th day of August, 1838.
R. Pierpoint